Chemise gown
Jul. 7th, 2012 12:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwYesterday I gathered the back of the dress and sewed the binding, and today I sewed the drawstring channels at the front neckline and put in the drawstrings. And then sewed on the shoulder straps. Which of course are too big, because I never learn. Will pick them off at the back and resew them tomorrow.
Where we are right now: world's most devotedly-hand sewn Weeping Angel costume?
There's no drawstring in the waist yet, and I might not put one in at all. Because 1/ I'm lazy, 2/ I'll very likely put it in crooked or at the wrong height anyway and that will just piss me off.
And with the sash (well, a length of what will be the sash if I ever get around to sewing it together!)
And now I'm sort of at an impasse - I can't decide which style to go with from here. I could go with the fluffy gathered sleeves and neck ruffles, a la Marie Antoinette:
...or the slightly later look, with no neck treatment at all (I made sure I sewed the casings and binding nicely, just in case!) and long straight sleeves, like Madame Seriziat.
(Her dress has probably got a fitted back, but there were so many variations on the chemise gown, that's not something I'm going to worry about!)
You may remember my original plan was to eventually make an open robe to go over the chemise gown, in which case the less fluffy style is better. But let's be honest, who knows when I'll get around to making that? In that case, is the less fluffy gown too boring on its own? Am I really a "fluffy" kind of person anyway? (Precedence of costumes says, not so much.)
So...I can't make decisions. Please make them for me!
Where we are right now: world's most devotedly-hand sewn Weeping Angel costume?
There's no drawstring in the waist yet, and I might not put one in at all. Because 1/ I'm lazy, 2/ I'll very likely put it in crooked or at the wrong height anyway and that will just piss me off.
And with the sash (well, a length of what will be the sash if I ever get around to sewing it together!)
And now I'm sort of at an impasse - I can't decide which style to go with from here. I could go with the fluffy gathered sleeves and neck ruffles, a la Marie Antoinette:
...or the slightly later look, with no neck treatment at all (I made sure I sewed the casings and binding nicely, just in case!) and long straight sleeves, like Madame Seriziat.
(Her dress has probably got a fitted back, but there were so many variations on the chemise gown, that's not something I'm going to worry about!)
You may remember my original plan was to eventually make an open robe to go over the chemise gown, in which case the less fluffy style is better. But let's be honest, who knows when I'll get around to making that? In that case, is the less fluffy gown too boring on its own? Am I really a "fluffy" kind of person anyway? (Precedence of costumes says, not so much.)
So...I can't make decisions. Please make them for me!
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Date: 2012-07-08 03:29 am (UTC)Isn't it great that the perfectly placed waist sash was a direct result of being too lazy to put in a drawstring? :D
Lol! We both have good taste in sash fabric, then? Mine's silk taffeta from Renaissance Fabrics in 1/2" stripes...I do have some plain light blue taffeta I could use as well if you're set on your stripes!